PaleoDB taxon number: 3841
Parent taxon: Porifera according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Amorphofungia, Archaeocyatha, Archaeocyathidae, Calcarea, Caliculospongia, Clathrispongia, Codites, Coronacollina, Cotyliscus, Cribroscyphia, Cuneiphycus, Cupulochonia, Cyathophyscus, Cyclospongia, Demospongea, Dendrocoelia, Disjectoporidae, Drosdovia, Eocoryne, Eocyathispongia, Glenodictyum, Heteractinida, Holocoelia, Homoscleromorpha, Leiofungia, Limnorea, Limnoretheles, Matthewcyathus, Megalelasma, Microcoryne, Mussooriella, Nabaviella, Nostrocyathus, Oligoplagia, Palaeoierea, Phymoraphinia, Polyactinellidae, Psephidia, Sclerospongiae, Scyphia, Shitangspongia, Sinoflabrum, Solactiniella, Sparsispongia, Spirocyathidae, Stromatofungia, Stromatoporoidea, Thectardis, Tragos, Trammeria
Subtaxa: Acanothyra, Amphidiscophora, Amphidiscosa, Antrispongia, Australispongia, Azyrtalia, Baccispongia, Bothroconis, Chelispongia, Chirospongia, Crucispongia, Diplopleura, Farreopsis, Gonamispongia, Hemidiagoniella, Hemidiscosa, Hexasterophora, Hintzesnonaia, Hodsia, Innaecoeliida, Kometia, Konyrium, Krainerella, Lychniscosa, Lysactinella, Lyssacinosa, Lyssakida, Nephelispongia, Pachylepisma, Pinnatispongia, Reticulosa, Sceptrulophora, Silicunculus, Solusrectus, Stiodermiella, Stromatidiidae, Testiispongia, Textispongia, Uralonema
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder